Mama Donna Henes,
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Mama Donna Henes, Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Women's issues, multicultural ritual and ceremony, environmental response-ability, personal empowerment, affirmative aging, community spirit, peace, positve possibilities
- Career Focus
- Contemporary ceremonialist, award-winning author, popular public speaker, workshop facilitator, spiritual counselor, intuitive tarot reader
Living With Purpose, Passion, and Power!
Purpose:
As an urban shaman, award-winning author, popular speaker and workshop
leader for the past 35 years, it has been my job to track and celebrate
the cosmic cycles of the seasons, as well as the universal seasons ofrnhuman life. It is my special conce
to reconnect the urban population
with the wondrous workings of the natural world. To that end, I have
led countless joyful celebrations of celestial events that have
introduced ancient traditional rituals and contemporary ceremonies tornmillions of people in more than 100 cities since 1972.
Passion:
It is my particular passion to inspire and empower women to rise torntheir full potential, to step into their own sovereignty, and to become
the Queens of their own lives. Now, when the planet is suffering from
testosterone poisoning, it is crucial for women to accept the mantle ofrnconscientious leadership.
Power:
I maintain a ceremonial center, spirit shop, ritual practice and
consultancy in Exotic Brooklyn, NY where I work with individuals,
groups, institutions, municipalities and corporations to create
meaningful ceremonies for every imaginable occasion. If you are seeking
your own purpose, passion, and power, do contact me. I can help.
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
Queen Mama Donna's blog
http://queenmamadonna.blogspot.com/
Articles on Religion and Spirituality website
http://www.religionandspirituality.com/view/profile/Mama_Donna_Henes/12066321191530/
Body, Mind, and Spirit Sex Article
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Body_Mind_and_Spirit_Sex.html
Suggestions for a Smooth Mercury in Retrograde Article
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Suggestions_for_a_Smooth_Mercury_in_Retrograde.html
Bless Yourself Article
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Bless_Yourself.html
Cry Me a River: A Ceremony for Dampened Spirits Article
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Cry_Me_a_River_A_Ceremony_for_Dampened_Spirits.html
Time to Plant Trees Article
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Time_to_Plant_Trees.html
Why Friday the 13th is a Very Lucky Day, Indeed Article
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/why_friday_13_is_lucky.html
An Hour in the Dark Article
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/The_Queen_s_Chronicles_An_Hour_in_the_Dark.html
Free Audio & Video Samples
Mama Donna Henes, Audio & Video Programs
Mama Donna Henes, Books
The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife (Monarch Press, 2005)
http://www.donnahenes.net
Celestially Auspicious Occasions: Seasons, Cycles, and Celebrations (Putnam/Perigee, 1996)
http://www.donnahenes.net
The Moon Watcher's Companion: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Moon, and More (Avalon/Marlowe & Co., 2004)
http://www.donnahenes.net
Dressing Our Wounds in Warm Clothes
http://www.donnahenes.net
Reverence to Her: Mythology, the Matriarchy & Me
http://www.donnahenes.net
Articles by this expert
SelfGrowth articles and saved writing connected to this expert.
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WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS
It is raining. Pouring. Again! For weeks now it has rained just about every day. The entire Northeast is inundated with more rain than we can possibly deal with. In the best of times, precipitation is seen as beneficent, raining down life-sustaining liquids for our benefit. And then we are grateful, or ought to be. But there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. We are nearly drowning in the stuff. Saturated, soaked, sogged. Completely waterlogged. Rivers rushing down city streets, the drains overflowing. Towns, fields and highways flooded.
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The Dog Days of Summer
Summer has become intolerable for me. It is just too damn hot and I am miserable, sweaty and cranky, much of the time. But when my little pooch Poppy starts panting in the heat, her little pink tongue drooping out of her open mouth, I know the Dog Days of Summer have arrived. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, summer is sizzling at its most intense right now.
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The Queen’s Chronicles: An Hour in the Dark
I am writing this in the dark. It is Earth Hour, a rolling blackout around the world intended as a visual, visceral vote for increased awareness and conce about climate change. In fact, it is the first-ever global vote on anything. All of my lights are out. I can see the Manhattan skyline ...
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Bless Yourself
For some fifteen years now, the practice of Self Blessing has been the centerpiece of my personal spiritual practice as well as the many ceremonies and celebrations that I facilitate for others. When people are first introduced to the concept, they are often taken aback and suddenly shy. “Bless ...
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Cry Me a River: A Ceremony for Dampened Spirits
Sometimes our life and times, with its constant bombardment of negativity and steady accumulation of stress, seems like too much to endure. Oftentimes, we aren’t even consciously aware that we are annoyed, upset, dispirited. We simply carry on. We persevere. We do what we need to do. We ...
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Time to Plant Trees
Lately I've seen several outrageous television commercials that blithely extol the benefits of throwaway dust rags and floor mops and disposable baby bibs, of all things. Apparently the landfills are not yet filled to over-flowing capacity with pampers as I had assumed. As it is, every American ...
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Suggestions for a Smooth Mercury in Retrograde
Mercury, the planet of communication enters its three times a year retrograde stage on May 6, 2009 and will remain in a backward momentum, as it were, until May 30, 2009. Mercury in retrograde has a very bad rap. I should know. As a Virgo (which is ruled by Mercury) I am usually affected quite ...
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Why Friday the 13th is a Very Lucky Day, Indeed
When the 13th day on the month lands on a Friday, nthe culturally unfavorable attributes of each are nmultiplied by infinity. Friday, the day of original sin, nthe day Jesus died, the day of public hangings, in ncombination with 13, the number of steps on a ngallows, the number of coils of rope ...
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Body, Mind, and Spirit Sex
Regular sex, according to medical research, has the same benefits as regular exercise. It increases the flow of certain chemicals that naturally boost and strengthen the immune system, improves cholesterol levels, stimulates circulation, invigorates the heart, diminishes the intensity of pain, ...
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Letting Go of All that Does Not Serve (Book excerpt)
On my birthday this year, a friend presented me with a gorgeous amber necklace that she had gotten in Russia twenty years ago before she emigrated to the United States. Though she felt that it did not suit her, she held onto it for two decades for sentimental reasons. When she gave it to me, she ...
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Have A Love Affair With Your Self
When we carve out a niche in our busy lives to do the sorts of things that feed our soul, we are affirming our self worth, acknowledging that we crave and deserve our own undivided attention. When we claim the psychic space and set aside the personal time to pursue the knowledge and mastery of ...
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Mama Donna Henes,
Religion is for people who are afraid to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have been there. - Bonnie Raitt
There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals.
- Winona LaDuke
Contacting Mama Donna Henes,
Mama Donna's Tea Garden & Healing Haven
P.O. Box 380403
Brooklyn, NY 11238-0403
cityshaman@aol.com
(718) 857-1343
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Other highlights
Donna's work has been published and reviewed in numerous national and international publications. Here are some comments about her work:
“Unofficial Commissioner of Public Spirit of NYC.” The New Yorker
“Part performance artist, part witch, part social director for planet earth.” The Village Voice
“Globally significant theater-in-the-round.” Brooklyn Bridge Magazine
“The woman is balanced.” Paper Magazine
“Solstice Sister.” TimeOut New York
“The Original crystal-packing mama.” NY Press
“Frankly, I do not doubt her.” Dan Rather
“Insightful, funny, a treasure. One of the best ‘goddess gals’ around.” Olympia Dukakis
Here is a selection of recent articles about Mama Donna:
New York Times
Irregular Times: New Unfit to Print
Village Voice
Whole Life Times
Common Ground
Houston Chronicle
Chicago Tribune
The Columbia State
Bloomington Pantagraph
Lexington Herald-Leader
The Fort Meyers News-Press
The New York Observer
Boston Patriot Ledger
Minneapolis Star Tribune
ODE Magazine
Interview with the Urban Shaman
Arizona Star
Variety Magazine colum
Stylephile feature: Bless this House
Martha Stewart online: Daily rituals to keep you balanced
CA Psychics Newsletter: The importance of ritual